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Get userName from userID
I need to read out the username for specific userIDs in a list. How can I do this? Can I somehow do something like database.getUserName('userIDStringHere')?
TL;DR
To retrieve the username for specific userIDs in a list, you can use the Query.equal function on a user data collection. However, this approach may only be usable on the Server API, not in Flutter.
If you are using Appwrite, you can refer to the server-side SDK documentation (in this case, the example provided is for Node.js) at this link: [Server SDK - Users Get](https://appwrite.io/docs/server/users?sdk=nodejs-default#usersGet)
Based on the documentation, you can use a function like database.getUserName('userIDStringHere') to get the username for a specific userID.
Somehow... But is it only usable on Server API and not in Flutter?
if you have the user data in a collection you can add a query like Query.equal(userId, 'userIDStringHere') to list documents and from result you get the username
